Egyptian Journalist Rasha Qandeel Charged With Spreading ‘False News’ After Political Reports.

Washington, D.C. — The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Egyptian authorities to end the prosecution of journalist Rasha Qandeel, who was summoned May 25, interrogated, and charged with “spreading and broadcasting false news inside and outside the country” after her reports on Egypt’s social, political and economic developments for the independent media platform Sotour.

The Supreme State Security Prosecution released Qandeel the same day on bail of 50,000 Egyptian pounds (about…